Lauren Thoman

@laurenthomanwrites.com

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Nashville-based Chinese-American author of speculative fiction for teens and adults (next up: DREAD CHASER 2027 from S&S) 🐾 Pet your dog for me 🌱 Find me in my garden 🚫🧊 https://www.laurenthomanwrites.com/links Rep’d by Holly Root

Screenshot that reads: "Poor Cybertruck sales mean that only 173 of the stainless steel pickup trucks will actually need to be recalled.

Ahead of the vehicle’s launch, Musk predicted that Tesla would be selling 250,000 Cybertrucks annually by 2025. The actual figure turned out to be just over 20,000 Cybertrucks sold last year."

Man and woman posing for photo dressed as Clark Lent and Lois Lane from Superman (2025)

Publisher's Marketplace deal report which reads: "Lauren Thoman's DREAD CHASER, pitched as The Last of Us meets The Mandalorian, in which a teenage bounty hunter must team up with his rival as they pursue the target of a lifetime in a chase that unravels everything they thought they understood about the world they live in, to Kate Prosswimmer and Nicole Fiorica at Margaret K. McElderry Books, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2027, by Holly Root at Root Literary."

Yellow, black, and blue butterfly on pink Joe Pye weed blossoms

Cucumber tendrils wrapped around two green beans

Tabby cat sits beside two stacks of books by Black authors

White Chinese peony bloom

A bird’s nest with three eggs built on a wreath hanging on a door.

Black and white sheepadoodle sitting on a gray couch

Screenshot of post from Alt National Parks Service that reads: “West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it. Many of our coalition members are heading out tonight to celebrate. Raise a glass to freedom, and America let’s have another round tonight. If you met coalition members today, remember one thing: the first rule of Fight Club is—you do not talk about Fight Club.”

A hand holding an advance copy of the book THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS by Chuck Wendig

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Black schnauzer sits outside on grass and smiles at camera

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A grid of various types of flowers

Tabby cat looking directly into the camera, wearing a tag that reads “Fig”

Screenshot of partial text from Executive Order titled “ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENT’S
MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN COMMISSION,” with one paragraph circled in red. Circled text reads: “(iii) assess the prevalence of and threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs;”

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tabby cat hanging over a piece of blue dragon-print fabric

Tabby cat laying on grey blanket

A smiling snowman holding a snow dog

A man and woman stand in doorway holding a black and white Shih tzu

Decorated Christmas tree with lights in front of living room shelves

Title card of The Muppets Christmas Carol on a TV screen over a fireplace

Container ship stuck diagonally in Suez Canal

Screenshot of Bluesky post with two likes and zero responses that reads “Getting lots of great responses on Threads so may as well ask over here too — For my fellow Women Of a Certain Age:
What is/was your weirdest perimenopause symptom?
(This is for book research, but also for me.)”

Too many houseplants lined up on an outdoor deck

Screenshot of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswarmy to co-head Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

(Doge was also a popular tumblr meme in 2013 featuring a wide-eyed Shiba Inu who looked like he had no clue what he was doing)